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Duterte’s gambit calms sea tension but renders law irrelevant —experts
BEIJING—President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to set aside the country’s arbitration victory against China over claims in the South China Sea may have deescalated the tension in disputed marine area but it has made the landmark ruling irrelevant, analysts say. Exactly a year after the tribunal under the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in […]
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Assessing the South China Sea Arbitral Award after One Year: Why China Won and the U.S. is Losing
A year ago today, an arbitral tribunal formed pursuant to the United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea issued a blockbuster award finding much of China’s conduct in the South China Sea in violation of international law. As I detailed that day on this blog and elsewhere, the Philippines won about as […]
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Three PLAN Officers May Have Just Revealed What China Wants in the South China Sea
Earlier this year, Kyodo News published a tantalizing summary of a Chinese article that seemed to offer rare insights into Beijing’s intentions in the South China Sea. Unfortunately, Kyodo’s report was too vague to be fully appreciated, or long-remembered. We have tracked down the original. It is well worth a closer look. The article comes […]
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US report flags China’s fishing ban in disputed sea
CHINA’S ANNUAL moratorium on commercial fishing in waters it claims, including the disputed South China Sea where the Philippines has sovereign rights, “bear(s) watching closely,” considering the “sometimes-violent” incidents in the course of that ban’s enforcement, a US think tank said. In a report dated July 7, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) of Washington’s […]
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Beijing now calls the shots in the South China Sea, and the US and Asean must accept this for lasting peace
The contest for the perceptual domination of the South China Sea, for the Asean claimants and thereby Southeast Asia, is over. China has won. There is little its regional opponents can do now. How did this come about and what are the options for dealing with it? [urlpreviewbox url=”http://app.scmp.com/scmp/mobile/index.html#/article/2101696/desktop”/]
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Vietnam And India To Spoil China’s South China Sea Ambitions
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Vietnam and India are teaming up to tame China’s ambitions to control the South China Sea and the riches that are hidden beneath. Early this week, Vietnam granted Indian oil firm ONGC Videsh a two-year extension to explore oil block 128, according to a Reuters […]
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US bombers challenge China in South China Sea flyover
TOKYO – Two U.S bombers flew over the disputed South China Sea, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement on Friday, asserting the right to treat the region as international territory, despite China’s territorial claims in the busy waterway. Before their flight on Thursday, the two B-1Bs trained with Japanese jet fighters in the […]
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Vietnam renews India oil deal in tense South China Sea
HANOI/NEW DELHI: Vietnam has extended an Indian oil concession in the South China Sea and begun drilling in another area it disputes with China in moves that could heighten tensions over who owns what in the vital maritime region. The moves come at a delicate time in Beijing’s relations with Vietnam, which claims parts of […]
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China’s activities in SCS ‘clear and present danger’ to PH security: Golez
MANILA – China’s island-building and military activities in the South China Sea are a “clear and present danger” to the Philippines’ national security, warned former National Security Adviser Roilo Golez. In an interview on ANC’s Early Edition on Thursday, Golez said China can, at any time, deploy combat aircraft that can easily reach the Philippines […]
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US, Vietnamese navies kick off joint exercises in S. China Sea amid tensions with China
The Vietnamese and American navies have begun their eighth annual Naval Engagement Activity (NEA) in the coastal Khanh Hoa Province, days after a US vessel sailed past a disputed island in the South China Sea. The NEA officially began on Wednesday when the USS Coronado and USNS Salvor ships docked at Cam Ranh International Port. […]
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Vietnam drills for oil in South China Sea
Vietnam has begun drilling for oil in an area of the resource-rich South China Sea also claimed by China. An oil industry consultant told the BBC that a drilling ship on contract to international firm Talisman-Vietnam was working off Vietnam’s south-east coast. This appears to be why a senior Chinese general cut short an official […]
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China’s Xi raises ‘negative factors’ in call with Trump
Relations between the US and China have been warmer since Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in April Chinese President Xi Jinping told US counterpart Donald Trump on Monday that Sino-US relations have been hit by “negative factors” in a phone call following days of US actions that have vexed Beijing. Trump held separate calls […]